August 1, 1926 



The Illinois Agricultural Association RkcoRO 



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Par«3 



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Oil and Gas Supply 

 Companies Attract 

 State- w ide Interest 



Knox County Company In- 

 corporates For $50,000. If 

 Farmers Must Help Them- 

 selves, This Is Our Way, 



Say Members 



State-wide intorcst in the fornia- 

 tif»n of cooperative oil ami jrJisnlinc 

 Mipply ("mpaiiifs was «-\iii< lucl in 

 thr rt'cent f^crii-s of nu't-tintrs h»l(l 

 l.y .1. U. Bent «.f Xh>- Illinois Aixri- 

 (riiltural Associati(.n U-r thi' purposr 

 <>i' acijuaintintr farm ailviscrs. mem- 

 bers, and others with th-- possibil- 

 ities and limitations of this new 

 project. 



Smce_ JJancock county started 

 opt-rafiinr an oil and (fas supply coni- 

 I>any more than two years ago and 

 since Marshall-rutnam county made 

 a vi-ry successful hejrinninp: less 

 than a year acn. other counties have 

 investijfated and 'apparently have 

 seen a new opportunity for another 

 elfective way to shorten the road 

 from producer to consumer to help 

 the farmer. 



Meetings Throughout State. 



Mectinprs iin<ier the auspices of 

 the I. A. A. were held at Henry, 

 Centralia, Sprin^rt'ield, Champaitrn 

 and Rorkf()rd. within the past ivw 

 weeks, at which half the counties tif 

 Illinois were represented. Knox 

 county thoutrht so well of the proj- 

 ect that the farm bureau there or- 

 ^'ani7.e<l a corporation witli capita! 

 stock at ?5().0O0. Fifteen thousand 

 or more in cash already has been 

 jiaid in and the new company is rm 

 the iiigh road to a ha])py beginning. 



"Since Tontrress has failed lo jrive 

 us any relief, we have <lecided U> 

 help ourselves." says the Knox 

 county farm bureau members. ".\l- 

 most every politician in Washinp- 

 »ton who opposed real farm relief 

 measures has been ]treachinp that 

 tile farmers should be more etticient 

 and lower their cost of jiroduction. 

 Thus we Kn<ix county farmers have 

 started out to do this by buying our 

 own pasoline. kerysene, antl lubri- 

 cating oils on the c|(Opei*ative basis." 



Trucks Deliver Products. 



Bulk stations \\llill be located at 

 convenient places 'in the county as 

 rapidly as possiblJ and trucks will 

 deliver petroleum jiroducts to every 

 member's farm, jsays the Knox 

 <^)unty Farm Burijau Bulletin. Pre- 

 ferred stock at $liirj per share liear- 

 iiig 7 per cent are being olTered to 

 farm bureau members to help 

 (inance the pr(»ject. 



For the man who buys his gaso- 

 line at tilling stations, there will b.- 

 pumps e.stablished in every town so 

 he may use his own jiroducts. 



The Marshall-I'utnam Oil Com- 

 pany is in full o)»erali'>n. according 

 to F. K. Fuller, county adviser, 

 since each one of its stations ha^^ 

 two truck drivers to deliver. A 

 sccoikI driver was recently installed 

 at -McNabb. and a new service sta- 

 tii»n is to be located soon at the 

 Ford garage in (iranville. 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion has drawn up a model set of 

 ".Articles of Incorporation" under 

 the provision of the Cooperative 

 Marketing .Vet. These are ready for 

 distribution lo everyone interested 

 in the project. 



Need Should Be Considered. 



"Some counties are going to suc- 

 ceed while others may fail." said 

 J. R. Bent in commenting on the 

 probable outcome of the new ven- 

 ture. Tlie degree to which success 

 may be achieved, or failure en- 

 countered will , depend primarily 

 u|ton the need for such a coopera- 

 tive company, the general interest 

 in it on the ])art of farmers, local 

 competitive conditions, the form of 

 organization and the tinancial and 

 "business set-up." and the exper- 

 ience, business-like character, and 

 ability of the management. 



The responsibility for the new 

 companies organized will rest with 

 the iniiirporators themselves, but 

 the Illinois A^ricull iiral Association 

 is making a delerrniinMl olTort 1" 

 give hel[)l'ul inforiuat i<iM and ad\ u e 

 to every county interesl4'd. I 



78 Respond Already To Appeal For Farm 

 Outings For Kiddies of Chicago s Slums 



SKVEXTY-KICIIT slum kiddies al- I f or ;i c/.uple of weeks this ?nmnior. 

 ready farmed out through the The I'nited Charities riciiver 

 I. A. A. for summer vacations — | the children in clean i-buhis^ and 

 that's the record of the past two ; come after them at the end of 

 weeks. The United Charities of j the vacation peri<»d. A card ad- 

 Chicago, with whom we are work- dres-ed to the Outing .'Secretary. 



ing 1 



poor 



tricts 



1 getting vacati<<ns f.-r the 

 hildren of the tenement dis- 

 repurt that they have many 

 more children who have not been 

 provid'fi for. Here's :in opportun- 

 ity to be happy through making 

 thisi- unfortunate children hajipy 



G. E. Metzger. 



20 Counties Show 

 Increase in Total 

 Membership— Metz^er 



Twenty counties reorganized this 

 year signed more members in thr 

 f farm bureau than 



they did three 

 years ago. ai - 

 coniiitg to G. K. 

 Metzger. directiir 

 of organization, 

 who r e c e n t 1 y 

 completed a sur- 

 vey of organiza- 

 t i o n w <i r k 



throughout t h e 

 state. 



And a number 

 of other counties 

 which have com- 

 pleted or are 

 ibout til coriipleu- 

 their new drives for member.^ re- 

 ))orl memberships approximati'Iy the 

 same as three years ago. With tli'. 

 greater portion of the work com- 

 pleted for the new |ieriod. prospects 

 for a similar or sliglit increase in 

 membership over the total of tbrei- 

 years ago are becoming more a]»- 

 parent each <lay. 



Tulaski. Bond an<l .Tai k-oh »-., un- 

 ties started resigning member-- 

 within t!ie past 'wo weeks, while 

 Kdwards an*! St. Clair counties wiH 

 resign their memljersliips within tlie 

 coming twii weeks. By the end of 

 .August. Heuderson. Si'huyler. Kich- 

 iand. and Scott counties wdl start 

 their campaigns for members U>v the 

 new three-year periotl. 



Washington C(»unty in .•Southern 

 Illinois, one of the few counties in 

 Illinois whicli never has had a farm 

 bureau, has its qu'tta of ;!00 mem- 

 bers nearly eni''*iled and 

 establish an olhce and emj)li>y 

 county adviser by Scptemb(.'r fir 



Illinois Agricultural .Association. 

 r.Os So. m-arborn St.. Chicago^ wiil 

 make known your willinirnes,-, to 

 help in this splendid \vo|1:. If pos- 

 sible, secure the aid of your neitrh- 

 })ors so a dozen or more children 

 can he delivered to the same ^<»wn. 



When Washington comes into the 

 fr.ld, the total will hv swelle<i to if.', 

 c'iunly farm bureaus in the state. 

 Washington County Farm Bureau 

 iiOicials will hobl a meeti?ig at Vash- 

 ville on .Aug. 1 to complete final 

 arrangements for tlu* "iriciMJ launch- 

 ing of their new organi/a! lou. 



Mid-West Conference- 

 at Saui^atuck. Mich., to 

 Present Many Subjects 



The first Mid-WVst State I'ann 

 Bureau trainiing scIMm-I. to b« !i(-lii at 

 Sau^raluck. Alich.. Aug. l»''-liti. wi!! 

 be a b«'ll-ri)»^?er. aj-c-'rduig l-' an- 

 iiounccnieni ituuli* recently (v"V\ th» 

 otlic** of the Americjm Farni Btireau 

 Federation. .; 



.Mrs. t'has.- K. j^-u.||. iba- -nan 

 of the" conimftlee iii «haige •-" :'.e 

 s* ho<d. nnnoutu ' ;- that IM (ail I :a- 

 b.r. of tin- I'lm-rMli "f North < .to. 

 lina. will lu- the [»in»i!al spj .. i r 

 a* the baUM Kt- ''• W h- bl tho ;,r>t 



night. Moink-n. Aujt. !•.. The i:.-n- 

 eral aildri>- on piddidry will i>e 

 mad<- by S. .1. l>iutcan Clark. KdUov- 

 in-cliief of tho »!1iicjigo Iv.ining 

 Post. 



(i. K. M*'izg4 r. dftectoF of organ^ 

 izati^.n. will Kjieak m-m t be ".Art of 

 Sale-^nianship Appli' d To Farm 

 Bureau Needs." <lunng tb'- '■'•■v--\. d ly 

 of the e<nvention. 



"Simple Kules For Ftfr.-tr.. I'ib- 

 lic .^peaking" will bo the .-pe, ud nb- 

 i.-ct of U. K. ,Battis(.n Kline, -f '-u. 

 Kline School of Eirecliw Sp.-.-.-b 

 Training, rhitago. .Lucius K. \vr;. 

 son. ani»lher "intjM»rted" speak< : . 

 will discuss ^'Outlirn's of M«>d» t m 

 Bsycht>logy As Keiatid to the At- 

 of .'Vliing." Many other |>roniinent 

 speakers are billed. ■ ' 



The program will eoTvli?.iii 

 thp'Ughout the wifj'k. winding up 

 with an'oprti forurti and summary 

 on Friday afternoon. The met-ting 

 and confcronre is .called c-pi-^-ially 

 for ci>unty udriset-'^. organ i^jit ion 

 <iirectors. solicitors, and farni bu- 

 reau workers. Reservations in*y bo 

 made thV'tugh the vAmerican Kar?n 

 Bureau Federation, r^s K. Wasliing- 

 t'tn St.. Chieago. 



Take 



Route 2 and Turn 

 A side V. 



East at 



WILL THEY COME BACK? 



For The Winner 



Henry < a-<eM ..i iian-.i t.-.'g, 

 Ky.. is th«- • banipion hog.«;(tle? 

 i'nmi tb'- Hluegrass Slate. wh.> i- 

 .-iotjking ;''-r othri WoHds t-. t-oo- 

 j "pier. "Wf wdl challenge I'e be-t 

 >ou have i?i I^limll^ for we ttii''*» ""f 

 j o'an can lick anyone iu th*- Ciiite*! 

 f .*^ates." wi- i'es Stua^ Brabanf. 

 • ounly ag<-ni .:t Ilarrodsburg. Bra- 

 liant diiin'l state whether < ass* !'>. 

 favttrile call is VV-h-o-o-c-y. r.r 

 S-o-ii-f-y. hut \\v liave enough con- 

 fidence in our colli i tig .^^tate ehdm- 

 ptitn to pit h>n» against Ca->el :ind 

 others in a National Il'»g Calling 

 Contest, to be held at the Intf-rna- 

 tt«»nal I.ivestt»ck Kxpositi«»n. Chi- 

 cago. r.»L*«'». 



Here is the Illinois scor»' card, 

 whiih wdl be used at the I. A. A. 

 State I'Hiiic. Aug. li, for judging 

 the hog cidU'rs: 



I. Volun-.i . iMMilrifiv. t*r "■nrr.viM- «■»• 



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 crilii i«it- :ii.>l &|>pa-iilttir t than h 

 thri>:it> "i;.- liti'kincr nrn^i* H"c- 

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Pack *em in and Head for Mt. 

 Vernon. 



Thi- is a replica of the solid 

 gold wall h charm to be awarded 

 to the new hog-ialling chamjiion 

 at Mt. A'erivm <in .August 12. 

 Conic and witi it. 



$amuel 0. Smith anil Reubeji Brigiit .-howfi above calTcd the 

 I t ij^> back to .MrFean ct>niily ill' ll'l^ 1 in tlw jiMuurd Horsi-ho.- T 

 i luent. Walter and Harry Torhcrt of DeWiltj coucty \\on la- 1 y 

 ! well as ill \'.r2:',. The-e four ma,-i<-r.- of t^Hf art are cr.p -l--'' 



\'ernon Aug. IL* ii> a new duel for -tale houoitv. |*M. "r.f'H-rt. f.il 

 ' Walter an.l II iirv. and Jo.- (Ie.-kit( rarried otV th. horn tr.- in !:•-'». 

 I and i:'-2. They may al! Ik- matched at th(j i;'2*i toiirnamen' 

 { these old championr come t.ack. or will a dari hor-^e team put th 

 I on th<' tidn.ggan. It':- wortli a trip to Mt. Venion to i*;ju thi.- ; 

 i light for i-uprrnuicy. Don't mi.-.- it. I 



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 iiDual 



United States Leads 

 In Fire Losses Per 

 Capita Report Shows 



Win«i.-'oi 1,1 ;.t d hail in>ur:in.> f- r 

 I borticult ur:^l * r-ip- will U* Iho neM 

 t>pe *«f iit-Ljranee considen-d b\ the 

 ; Farmer.-^ .\Iutual Uein^uranct- C'o.. 

 ..(frduig to V. Vaniman. lield 

 p epre^'-tr.it ivf of the i-.>tn|tai)V. De- 

 ma U' I ~ Afv now . oHiing *>n from 

 ..ver tlo- statt- for .--uch rii>uranee. 

 A s..rvey ..f the new conipaiix 

 r<-ceiit ly complctcil bv Vanimat. 

 -bow> that pra. 1 ically Jt' |Mr c*'it' 

 of ;i!I mutual r.impaiite--v in the st^;.' 

 ;.'i- now carrying hi: ak-t rein- .r- 



Th*' l>i\ Miiiaal tin Ii,^ :r;ir.. .* 



' "o.. ac'-'-nli'ig to \';i!iit*:;iii i- now 



j -Massifying f'!"perty mni allowinj; 



Ndue;!:.:? !••( . ..>l ofjuoUlMr.i to 

 • op,-rt> pl'ole. trd Wtli: hgbt Iil'ir 



: >ds. ti*-'- j-r'iof roof>. ;noi ».ti pp'.ii 

 \\ ills. rbi> 4 "iiip.Htv hai! 121 po - 

 ;« tes wilh SI17.»''7t' ot iiiMwatK e i:- 

 for.-*- ba, k in I-IM*. ;it,d t-nlay th- r*' 

 :re more than 12i'0 p .li-ies repiv- 

 >eiiting S1.4^t■■..^ '•" Hi Joiv.,-. 



"One of the t '.'''• - U\'i- \\a\ - !■• i-n- 



• oun.gi- iTepr' ■ 'Jf!g I" t- !■ wi-r the 

 I ate -'11 l>ui;dii;L v\ hi-r- -n!*- jitt«>r- 

 ; loll ir give'i X" ■ •>■ pt :»'■ th>n." sal. I 



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conmn-nTiuj n ( .l-'i cfMial iti i.t' 



A >}M-r 1. ' ^ >r..n, ■■<-v on (in wji--. 

 .-:■..! ir;- ■. ■■■'•, 'he I'nheii' S!:i', 



• 'lair.f . t ■ '. ('• mmeret* rei.irr- ih 

 .- at.!; i.. iM r capita h- >. ir 



■ tie :.r.- n.-n- than ;hi.-.' ti, 

 en-ai- ! it. ih*- Cnited StaT.-- th;. 

 J i;if^. The next highest .■.mri^ 

 t.'.- lo... Jlon- are the iig ■ 



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